The Moreno Lab and its Impact

Authors

Rosa Guzman, University of Central FloridaFollow

Files

Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Dr. Debra Edgar

Faculty/Instructor Email

debra.edgar@ucf.edu

About the Author

My name is Rosa Guzman, I'm a second year LEAD Scholar, and I've been working with the Moreno Lab this semester. I'd like to thank my teacher, Dr. Edgar, first and foremost for being a wonderful teacher and a huge inspiration. I'd also like to thank Dr. Moreno, for accepting me as a part of Synergy Scholars and letting me into his lab. And of course, thank you to Dr. Balasubramanian, for being my mentor in the lab.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

The purpose of my project was to help out behind the scenes of medical care, at its root, research. Cholera in specific is important to understand because it’s so deadly, and tends to target less fortunate communities. So far, I’ve generally been going through training, learning about different laboratory techniques and processes. The largest things I’ve done are two serial dilutions, in order to find out the number of colony forming units in the original concentration. But I’ve also learned about what some of the other projects going on in the laboratory, like testing out antibiotics, or finding out what conditions the bacteria prefers.

Keywords

research;laboratory

Recommended Citation

Guzman, Rosa, "The Moreno Lab and its Impact" (2023). High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023. 36.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hip-2023fall/36